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If you've already worked for this company before, you probably have
contracts inside who can be tapped. If not, nothing you do now is
likely to make things any worse than they already are with two
different agencies putting you in at the same time. So you might as
well do what makes you feel as if you've done the ethically right
thing for you.

Gene Kim-Eng

On 1/8/2015 12:46 PM, beelia wrote:

Gene is usually right about these things, and he's been in a
management position, so he has probably encountered such problems.
But if I were in your shoes, I'd be worried about my stand on
principle alienating your client. If they get involved in the battle
between the agencies, they might not choose you to work for them over
a "less complicated" competitor in the future (even though it's not
your fault).

And you don't know the dynamic between the individuals in the
offending agency and the people in the corporation. For all you
know,, they are buddies on the outside. Probably not, but you have to
realize there is a lot you don't know.

I would suck it up and accept the offending agency's offer for as
long as the contract runs (hopefully not too long), but then never
work through them again.

But only you know whether pulling their submission might cause you
trouble in the future. Good luck, it's a rough situation.

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